Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2002/00521
In situ measurement of profiles of brine volume in growing sea ice.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor MG Worster, University of Cambridge, Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
- Grant held at:
- University of Cambridge, Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Pollution and Waste
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Ocean - Atmosphere Interact.
- Glacial & Cryospheric Systems
- Abstract:
- We propose to make field measurements of the brine volume of sea ice as it forms and evolves in a newly formed lead. A new instrument for this purpose will be developed and deployed in open water created in fast ice within a fjord in Svalbard. The field study will complement controlled laboratory experiments and the development of new theoretical models of internal sea-ice structure and dynamics. The results of the field study will provide new, unique data sets of sea-ice properties and, in conjunction with the laboratory experiments, will constrain the mathematical modelling, allowing it to be extended appropriately for the natural environment. This will provide significant input into efforts to parameterise sea ice and the brine fluxes emanating from it in Coupled Global Circulation Models.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2002/00521
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £22,472
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £5,091 | £9,974 | £5,065 | £2,341 |
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